Fajr has a mass of around 52 Kilograms and is equipped with an optical imaging payload that reportedly achieves a ground resolution of about 500 meters. The satellite uses a cold-gas thruster system to conduct orbital maneuvers and increase its service life by raising its orbit to prevent a fast decay. Orbital data gathered over the coming months will confirm whether the satellite is actively controlling its orbit. A GPS system developed by Iran is also part of the spacecraft. The Fajr satellite is expected to operate for one and a half years.

Chinese Rocket Re-Enters over Western U.S. - Produces spectacular Fireball

Aurora watchers were surprised Monday night when a bright fireball lit up the skies over the north western United States and into Canada. Over 200 reports were submitted to theAmerican Meteor Societydescribing a long-lasting, slow-moving fireball that was visible for over half a minute for most observers and showing clear signs of fragmentation.Given the slow-moving nature of the object, a spacecraft re-entry event seemed to be plausible and a check of data provided by the Joint Space Operations Center reveals that the re-entry of a Chinese rocket body matches the timing and location of the observed event.>>>Detailed Update

UniCubeSat GG was developed at the University of Rome La Sapienza and deployed two booms to demonstrate gravity-gradient stabilization on a small satellite. Electrical power was provided by two solar panels at the end of the booms.

KySat-2 is a 1-Unit Cubesat weighing one Kilogram. It was developed by Kentucky Space and hosts a number of Space Plug-and-Play Avionics to demonstrate SPA and SPA-1 protocol for future CubeSat missions. The spacecraft will be used by students to receive telemetry and data from the satellite and uplink audio and text files for downloads by students at other locations. Also, a Stellar Gyroscope is installed on the satellite for in-orbit testing and a low-resolution camera will provide Earth imagery.

Flock 1b-25

Flock-1 represents a constellation of three-unit
CubeSats operated by Planet Labs to build an Earth-observation
constellation based on CubeSats. The satellites were first released from ISS in February 2014 to start orbiting Earth for several months, acquiring
images of chosen ground targets.